Engine Manufacturers Seek Extension for Proper Review of EPA Diesel Report.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999-- The Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. ) is calling for at least a six-week extension to properly review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) 600+ page draft entitled, "Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions" released Nov. 15. The revised report is scheduled for approval at a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC CASAC Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee CASAC Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor ) meeting Dec. 1, leaving interested parties and scientific panel members only a two-week review period. "This is a major document on the health effects of diesel exhaust that will be used by EPA to justify future regulation," said Glenn Keller, EMA Executive Director. "EPA is unnecessarily forcing this report through the scientific approval process without allowing sufficient time for a meaningful review by the impacted users of diesel power." Preliminary industry assessment indicates there are still some major problems with the document. "More importantly," stated Keller, "the agency's summary statement that diesel exhaust is highly likely to cause lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. is in conflict with EPA's acknowledgement that there is insufficient evidence insufficient evidence n. a finding (decision) by a trial judge or an appeals court that the prosecution in a criminal case or a plaintiff in a lawsuit has not proved the case because the attorney did not present enough convincing evidence. to quantify any cancer risk associated with breathing ambient levels of diesel exhaust." "More time is simply needed for an adequate scientific peer review to consider the information and conclusions in the report," stressed Keller. "There is absolutely no reason to allow only a two-week review period of this critical document other than EPA wanting to limit the CASAC discussion and get this report behind them." EMA is a trade association representing worldwide manufacturers of internal combustion engines Internal combustion engine A prime mover, the fuel for which is burned within the engine, as contrasted to a steam engine, for example, in which fuel is burned in a separate furnace. for all application except passenger cars and aircraft. The EMA continues to work with government and industry stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. to help the nation achieve its goals of cleaner fuels, more efficient engines and cleaner air. For more information contact Anne Rukavina at (312) 644-6610 x3393 or visit our website at www.engine-manufacturers.org |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion